Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.

Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

There is no magician like love.

Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.

He who fears not, is to be feared.